That warm day was the only day of the week without rain．I opened the door,took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine．Suddenly,I noticed that the house near mine had been sold．An elderly lady was in front of the door,with some beautiful flowers beside her．I walked to her．She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair．
“Hi！My name is Karmen,”I said smiling brightly at the old lady．She smiled back and said,“Hello,Karmen．I ’m Henrietta．”Her voice was very strong for someone at her age．Later，I learned she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her．From that day on,I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food．A year passed,and I considered Henrietta to be one of my best friends．學(xué)科網(wǎng)
One day,I walked over for my morning visit and knocked on the door,but there was no answer．I knocked again,and she still didn’t turn up．So I let myself in,using the key she had given me．I checked her living room and then her kitchen．I finally went into her bedroom,and she was lying peacefully on her bed．Beside her there were two notes．One was her will（遺囑）,which said all that she had would be given to me．The other was a thank-you note．I went to her bedside and cried sadly．
Though several years have gone by,I still miss her deeply．Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house,I remember the wonderful friendship we had．
【小題1】The writer came out of the house to ______．

A．look at an old ladyB．enjoy some flowers
C．enjoy the sunshineD．clean the house nearby
【小題2】Through visiting the old lady,the writer learnt that the old lady ______．
A．disliked all her relatives
B．had no one to look after her
C．didn’t want to live with her family
D．was looking for someone to look after her
【小題3】What can we learn from the passage?
A．The old lady was not kind．
B．The writer didn’t have any good friends．
C．The old lady didn’t know how to make food．
D．The writer got along very well with the old lady．
【小題4】What does the underlined part “turn up”in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．AppearB．LeaveC．TryD．Change


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：這篇短文作者主要記述了他和一位老人的友誼。作者在享受陽光是認(rèn)識(shí)了老人，然后成為好朋友，老人去世，作者不會(huì)忘記他們的友誼。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：That warm day was the only day of the week without rain．I opened the door,took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine．可知作者和老人相處的很好，選C
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第二段Later, I learned she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her.描述，可知作者了解到?jīng)]有人照顧這個(gè)老人，選B
【小題3】推理題：根據(jù)短文二三段描述，可知作者和這個(gè)老人相處的很好，故選D
【小題4】猜詞題：聯(lián)系下文描述，可知此處指的是這個(gè)老人還沒有出來開門，故選 A，出現(xiàn)。
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